Figurative Lang Definitions
A comparison using "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
Her eyes sparkling like stars
What is a simile?
When the audience knows something that the characters do not
What is dramatic irony?
The things that the narrator hated about the old man and lead to murder
What is a vulture eye?
Tallahassee
What is the capital of Florida?
A comparison that does not use "like" or "as"
What is a metaphor?
The gray clouds cried drops of rain
What is personification?
The author's reason for writing a text
What is an author's purpose?
The narrator of "The Tell-Tale Heart" did this to the body after her murdered him
What is dismembering a body/depositing it under the floor board?
What is the biggest country in the world by population?
China
Very exaggerated statements
What is a hyperbole?
The dog was digging for dinosaur toys in the dirt
What is alliteration?
The events that happen in a story
Kathy O'Brien
Who is the defense attorney for Steve in Monster?
Who won the Superbowl last year?
LA Rams
An indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance
What is an allusion?
I can smell pizza from a mile away!
What is hyperbole?
The time and place of a story
What is setting?
Why is Steve making a movie?
To make sense of his experience in jail
What is the biggest planet in the solar system?
Jupiter
Giving human qualities to non-human things
What is personification?
Little sisters are pesky mosquitoes
What is a metaphor?
When phrases mean something other than their literal meaning
What is figurative language?
What does Hitchcock mean by the phrase "Let 'Em Play God"?
When the audience knows information that the characters do not
What river runs through Jacksonville?
St. Johns River